Aroostook County’s first baby of 2014 born at Cary Medical Center

Betsy and Lem Randall of Lake Placid, New York, with their son, Maverick A. Randall. Maverick was born at 3:21 a.m., on Jan. 2, at Cary Medical Center in Caribou, and was the first baby born in the new year at Cary and Aroostook County.

Cary Medical Center’s New Year’s Baby, Maverick A. Randall, and his mom and dad, Betsy and Lem Randall, were presented with many gifts items from the hospital, members of the Cary Medical Center Auxiliary, Machias Savings Bank, and a handmade quilt donated by the Crown of Maine Quilters. Maverick was also the first new baby of 2014 born in Aroostook County. Presenting gifts to the Randalls, are (L-R), Ellen Corrow of the Cary Auxiliary, Judith-Green Tarr from the Crown of Maine Quilters; Barb Collins, April Caron, Roberta Walton, Dot Wakem, Mary Harrigan, and (kneeling), Allyson Masse from the Cary Auxiliary.

The Randalls planned to be home visiting relatives in Presque Isle for the holidays, and knowing that Betsy’s due date was around Dec. 31, they arranged for her to be seen by Dr. Hunter and have the baby at Cary.

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“We knew Dr. Hunter and Cary’s reputation of providing great care, so it was an easy decision for us to stay here to have the baby with family and friends close by,” Betsy explained in a hospital press release. “The hospital has been fantastic and it’s been a very special holiday for all of us.”

Maverick’s maternal grandparents are Robert and Kathy Davis of Presque Isle. The new family was presented with many gifts items from the hospital, members of the Cary Medical Center Auxiliary, Machias Savings Bank, and a handmade quilt donated by the Crown of Maine Quilters.

Cary Auxiliary members have coordinated this project and made personal donations for the past eight years for the first baby born in the new year at Cary.